This one is a snore. I need a new nickname for Ryan. Any suggestions?
1. Ryan! At least he won’t be whining like Jim Ryan about the name. Too bad Borling won’t be around to slap him around about NATO for the rest of the campaign. Can anyone find anything besides “I just think they can take care of themselves”? That might actually work with voters, but it shows a lack of depth–again.
2. Rauschenberger. Even stinking in the polls, he still has a better to shot to improve his standing than anyone else left. I have rarely seen, if ever, such a disconnect between the polls and the newspaper endorsements. I’m of the opinion this won’t be a hard race for any of the Democratic frontrunners, but Rauschenberger would keep them honest, and be damn funny.
3. Oberweis. Need a parody song set to Edelweiss. At least someone got ice cream for life out of this.
4. McKenna. He’s so boring, I got nothing.
5. Borling. He didn’t make an ass of himself.
6. Wright. May actually come out of this with good connections for his next run.
7. Kathuria. I think it’ll be hard to stretch this one on the resume.
i know many think the dem nomination is pretty much the whole show given the troubles of the republican party, but i’m concerned about Ryan.
i think he’ll get a sizeable republican vote out, have the resources for a heavy media campaign and appeal to swing voters like suburban women and Catholic Hispanics and, if Obama isn’t the nominee, put a large number of African Americans into play. this assumes there are no allegations of domestic violence, as in Hull’s case (which don’t amount to any pattern of violence in any event). i don’t have any cute nicknames for him, but Ryan’s no empty suit.
Corvax, first thanks for all the comments, but tomorrow I’ll cover a bit on why I think Ryan will be weak in the general election.